# Commercial Rights & Business Affairs Executive

**Company**: BBC Studios
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £28,000- £44,000 per annum
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Media

**Apply**: https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/London-Commercial%2C-Rights-&-Business-Affairs-Executive-EXTEND-TALENT-POOL-W12-7FA/810708602/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Join BBC Studios as a Commercial Rights & Business Affairs Executive, providing legal expertise and support for various productions and development agreements.

**Job Summary:** As a Commercial Rights & Business Affairs Executive, you will play a crucial role in offering legal expertise, support, and strong negotiating skills. You will work on a variety of projects and collaborate with teams within the organisation.

**Responsibilities:**

- Offer comprehensive support in drafting, negotiation, and contract management for a wide range of productions and development agreements.

- Advise on issues including contract terms, foreign production shoots, and employment of foreign artists.

- Ensure the necessary rights are acquired for primary and secondary programme exploitation as required.

- Work closely and collaboratively with various departments and be a trusted advisor to them.

- Build and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships both internally and externally.

- Ensure that BBC Studios’ policies and standards are adhered to and translated into compliant deals with a pan-BBC approach.

- Assist with mitigating legal, contractual, and business affairs risk and manage brand and IP protection.

- Use software as required to manage and produce contractual documentation and ensure accurate and current record keeping.

**Requirements:**

- Experience of negotiating contracts.

- A business-oriented and commercial approach which enables a quick response to market changes.

- A proven track record of having managed and/or delivered projects to deadlines.

- Adaptable at examining and summarising complex data.

- An informed and broad interest in broadcasting and media as well as knowledge of current market intelligence and global media trends.

**Desirable Skills:**

- Business affairs experience in the television, radio, and/or digital media industry would be an advantage.

- Legal education or qualifications are not essential but would be an advantage.

**What We Offer:**

- Salary between £28,000- £44,000 per annum based on knowledge and experience.

- London Weighting Allowance of £5319.

- Flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).

- Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).

- Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance, and accident benefit.

## Skills

### Required
- contract negotiation
- business affairs
- broadcasting
- media

### Nice to have
- legal education
- television
- radio
- digital media

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